Cahan (surname)
Cahan is an Irish and Jewish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Abraham Cahan (1860–1951), American writer and politician * Charles Cahan (1861–1944), Canadian politician * Larry Cahan Lawrence Louis Henry Cahan (December 25, 1933 – June 25, 1992), was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League and World Hockey Association with the Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, Oakland Seals, L ...

Abraham Cahan
Abraham "Abe" Cahan (Yiddish: אַבֿרהם קאַהאַן; July 7, 1860 – August 31, 1951) was a Lithuanian-born Jewish American socialist newspaper editor, novelist, and politician. Cahan was one of the founders of ''The Forward'' (), an American Yiddish publication, and was its editor-in-chief for 43 years. During his stewardship of the ''Forward,'' it became a prominent voice in the Jewish community and in the Socialist Party of America, voicing a relatively moderate stance within the realm of American socialist politics. Early life and childhood Abraham Cahan was born July 7, 1860, in Paberžė in Lithuania (at the time in Vilnius Governorate, Russian Empire), into an Orthodox, Litvak family. His grandfather was a rabbi in Vidz, Vitebsk, his father a teacher of Hebrew and the Talmud. The devoutly religious family moved to Vilnius in 1866, where the young Cahan studied to become a rabbi. He, however, was attracted by secular knowledge and clandestinely studied Rus ...
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Charles Cahan
Charles Hazlitt Cahan (October 31, 1861 – August 15, 1944) was a Canadian lawyer, Editing, newspaper editor, businessman, and Politics of Canada, provincial and federal politician. Biography Cahan, a Presbyterianism, Presbyterian of Irish descent, was born in Hebron, Nova Scotia. He was the son of Charles Cahan Jr. and had three siblings: Frank D. Cahan (1863–1936), Jennie M. Cahan (1866–1918) and Loie S. Cahan (1871–1881). He was educated at Yarmouth Seminary and Dalhousie University. He married Mary J. Hetherington of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia in March 1887; she died in July 1914. In January 1918, he married Juliette Elisa Charlotte Hulin of Paris, France. Cahan had two sons, John Flint Cahan (1889–1928) and Charles H. Cahan, Jr. (1887–1970), and one daughter, Lois Theresa (1891–1964). Cahan died on August 15, 1944, and is buried at Riverside Cemetery, in Hebron, Nova Scotia. Career Cahan was chief editorial writer of the ''Halifax Herald and ...
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